"Junk"le Bells in March

Monday, March 29, 2010

It's the last week of March and time for "Junk"le Bells!

Here once again was my starting point--vintage bottle caps. I found some 1" Christmas images on Etsy from Xander Graphics and from Gypsy Woman. I really wanted to use my own paper ephemera, but thought I'd get a better variety by purchasing some digital images. This is the first time I've ordered digital images and I have to say I love the potential. I can re-size and print as many pictures as I want. I really like the last part...so if I mess up....I'm not out the image!

I made bottle cap garland!

I used a hammer and a nail to punch a hole on either side of the cap, made jump rings out of wire and glued in an image.

I had a couple of problems....one, being how do you photograph garland without a tree?!

Hang it on the porch? No

Drape it around a pole? No

Lay it on the floor? No

Shoot it with the sun behind you? No

Around a bird cage? No

Well, everything looks better in a jar....

Maybe not...so without a tree, I don't think it looks so great, but honestly, in person, the garland really looks good!

What I learned:

~There is a plastic coating inside the bottle cap, you have to rough it up first or nothing will stick to it. (I still have to fix some of them!)

~Glue the image in first, then punch the holes, then add the jump rings. I punched the holes, attached the jump rings, then added the images and I had to bend and trim to get them to fit. Uhg.
~If you have a 1" hole punch, this project will fly--I don't have one. :(

Now, join me with your up-cycled/recycled junk ornament project!

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JILL of Junkle Bells, I knew I had your name wrong, but when I went back to add your button & change it, I gotta' a call... and got sidetracked, but their are a bunch of Sue's on here, sorry! LOve, Lezlee